大西洋
Photo by Lockheed Martin/Andy Wolfe | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 | SD-75 (cn CF-05)
大西洋,2015年10月8日,美国海军F-35C第二阶段海上初始开发测试(DT-II)期间,VX-23“咸狗”空中测试与评估中队一架 F-35C“闪电”II 在艾森豪威尔号航母上准备弹射。(ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 8, 2015) Cmdr. Tony "Brick" Wilson, a test pilot with the F-35 Lightning II Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, prepares to launch an F-35C Lightning II from the deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during the second developmental test (DT-II) phase of the next-generation strike fighter. Based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, the Pax River ITF features a highly diverse cadre of technicians, maintainers, engineers, logisticians, support staff and test pilots who have flown nearly 500 flights, logged more than 700 flight hours, and achieved almost 3,400 test points since January 2015.)